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The summons

Ray Atlee and his brother, Forrest, receive a letter from their father, a reclusive, retired judge, instructing them to return home to Clanton, Mississippi, to discuss his estate, but the judge dies before his sons arrive, leaving behind a secret known only to Ray.

Abstract:

Ray Atlee, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, is forty-three and newly single. His father, a very sick old man who lives the life of a recluse in the ancestral home in Clanton, Mississippi, was once a beloved and powerful official who towered over local law and politics for many years.Read more...

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"Classic Grisham" Times "John Grisham is a copper-bottomed promise of reliable story-telling. The legal trappings are as persuasive as ever" Independent "Smooth, tough and addictive" Mirror "No one tells a story better than Grisham" Evening Standard "Compelling" Time Literary SupplementRead more...

"Ray Atlee and his brother, Forrest, receive a letter from their father, a reclusive, retired judge, instructing them to return home to Clanton, Mississippi, to discuss his estate, but the judge dies before his sons arrive, leaving behind a secret known only to Ray."@en